Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Helen [Muir Funk]
Preview
Transcription
kind. I'm trying to finish the book on Yosemite before I set out for the other America. I got a copy of "My First Summer" from the publishers two or three days ago. It looks well. In a week or so it will be in the stores.I'm so glad your little boy is thriving & is so dear a child. I haven't heard from Wanda since I left California. Give my kindest regards to Buel & his mother & that little girl.Devotedly your fatherJohn Muir1911[letterhead]New YorkMay 30Darling Helen,Your letter recd yesterday, telling our dear Sellers death Sunday, made me sad & lonely. I suppose you know that J. D. Hooker the friend in our greatest need was taken violently ill the day of dear Seller's death & died Wednesday evening. And Keith too gone. I wonder if leaves feel lonely when they see their neighbors falling.Mrs. Harriman is exceedingly
Location
New York
Date Original
1911 May 30
Source
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Resource Identifier
muir20_0334-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 20, Image 0334
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html
Owning Institution
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Page Number
Page 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
